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APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. 1902.

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ARCI-IIA LpROSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 723,031, dated March 17, 1903.

Application filed April 30,1902. Serial No. 105,345. No modelfi To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ARCHIA L. Ross,'acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofNew York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have in-,

vented a new and ImprovedHanger for Trousers and Skirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to providea new and improved hanger for trousers and skirts which is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture, easily fastened in place on the inside of a closet-shelf or like support, and arranged to permit adjustment for trousers of different waist sizes and to allow of supporting the trousers by the buttons whether located outside or inside of the waistband.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

is represented in theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which the figure is a perspective view of the improvement. y

The hanger consists, essentially, of two parts, each made from asingle piece of wire, and the two parts are provided with sides A A and connecting-arms B B and B 13 mounted to slide one on the other in the di-- 13 B and the eyes B of the arms B B slid-- ingly engage the arms B B. Thus by pulling the sides apart the eyesB 'slide'on the corresponding arms without danger of disengagement to arrange the hanger for trousers engagement of the arms B B B 13 The connecting-arms are also formed with horizontally-disposed eyes B for engagement by screws or like fastening devices to secure the arms, and hence the entire hanger, to the under side of a shelf or other support arranged in a closet, wardrobe, or the like.

Each of the sides A A consists, essentially, of pairs of uprights O G, of which one of the uprights is formed at or near its upper end with an eye C for the passage of the other upright to bind two uprights together, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawing. The lower ends of the upright O terminate in transversely-extending corrugated arms D over bottom return bends or braces D, terminating in the other upright O. The arms D are corrugated to produce two loops on each arm for receiving a pair of buttons or a pair of trousers, it being understood that oppositely-disposed arms D of the two sides A and A are intended to support one pair of trousers. The arm D on the side A of the hanger is adapted to receive a pair of front buttons of the trousers to be supported, while the corresponding opposite arm D A practical embodiment of the invention on the other side A is adapted to receive the buttons on the rear of the trousers. Some of the end uprights for supporting the arms D on the side A are somewhat shorter than the correspondinguprights for the side A to bring the armsD of this side A to a lower horizontal plane than the arms D of the side A to insure a proper vertical hang of the trousers-legs. The arms D on each side A A are spaced apart to allow of engaging the trousers-buttons with the loops of the said arms either on the inside or the outside, according to the location of the buttons on the outside or the inside of the waistband of the trousers. The corrugated arms D also form convenient hooks for the loops on ladies skirts to support the lating downward When supporting heavyclothes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hanger for trousers and skirts provided with opposite sides adjustable toward ICO 2. A hanger for trousers and skirts, comprising opposite sides each having horizontal supporting-arms, pairs of uprights bound together, and a corrugated arm extending from one upright of each pair and each forming a pair of loops, the uprights of one side being shorter than the corresponding uprights of the other side, as set forth.

3. A hanger for trousers and skirts, comprising opposite sides adjustable toward and from each other, each side having pairs of uprights bound together, a corrugated arm extending transversely from one upright of each pair, and a return-brace connected with the corrugated arm and terminating in the other upright of the pair, asset forth.

4. A hanger for trousers and skirts, comprising opposite sides, and horizontal supporti ng-arms mounted to slide one on the other and formed with horizontally-disposed eyes, each side being formed with pairs of loops, as set forth.

5. A hanger for trousers and skirts, having opposite sides, each formed from a single piece of wire and each consisting of horizontalsupporting-arms, of which the arms of one side slidingly engage the arms of the other side, pairs of uprights bound together, and a having a return-brace terminating in the other upright of the pair, as set forth. I

7. A hanger for, trousers and skirts, comprising opposite sides each made of a single piece of wire and each having horizontal supporting-arms and a series of loops arranged in pairs, the pairs of loops at each side being spaced apart, and the said supporting-arms of one side slidably engaging the supportingarms of the other side, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARCHIA L. ROSS.

Witnesses:

THEo. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

